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Mumbai: Nalasopara police arrests conman who duped nearly 40 women
Updated On: 01 August, 2024 06:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Charmer, fraud, lucky bugger! Call him what you like. A Belapur resident who posed as RBI banker and married 40 women, mostly divorced and middle-aged, trapped by cops in same modus he used
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Feroze Shaikh (left), the ‘lootera dulha’, in police custody. Pics/Hanif Patel
A 43-year-old man, dubbed the ‘lootera dulha,’ has been arrested by the Nalasopara police for duping around 30 to 40 divorced women across India. The accused, Feroze Ahmad Niyaz Shaikh, used two accounts on a matrimonial website—under the names Vinay Rajput and Feroze Shaikh—to target both Hindu and Muslim divorcees from affluent families. Feroze, a master of disguise, would initially impress women with flattery and then cultivate a close relationship with them. According to a police officer, Feroze has defrauded women from Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The officer also noted that Feroze was planning to target foreign nationals next.
Just like the plot straight out of a gripping web series the accused created fake profiles on matrimonial websites. He would create a profile as a pilot and a senior banker working at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to lure wealthy women seeking ideal matches. However, these women would end up heartbroken and defrauded. “He would often tell his victims he was from a rich family and invite them to a function. Once the jewellery-laden women arrived, he would make excuses for them to remove their expensive jewellery before going to the washroom, and then steal the jewellery,” said the officer.
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